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Sunday, March 28, 2010

EXTRA: On January 9, 2010, we lost a great Greenmarket pioneer, one of the first farmers in the market, Alvina Frey. She was a fine farmer, one of the amazing people who attracted excellent restaurants as well as other lovers of good, healthy, and inventive foods. She introduced all sorts of wonderful beans and was the first to bring in haricots verts, haricots jaunes, and mini zucchini and other tiny squashes. Her corn was amazing and her unique vegetables inspired other farmers to try interesting new ideas.

Rick Bishop of Mountain Sweet Berry told Beth Linsky the following: “Alvina kept saying she would retire and she kept coming back to the market. She was going to give me all her secrets to planting and picking. Her haricot verts were the best and I planted lots of them but she just couldn't bring herself to retire. Finally she asked me to come to her farm and we just sat and talked for several hours, discussing varieties, planting and growing methods. Putting her advice to work afforded me the ability to inherit the incredible restaurant trade she had developed and her mentoring catapulted me into the limelight with all of the best restaurants. I'm indebted to her.”

Although Alvina retired a while ago, her influence is still felt in the Greenmarket. We’ve missed her good cheer and her supportive and inventive presence. I've been waiting to get some information before posting this. I was very fond of Alvina and her produce and have missed her.

Saturday, March 27, 2010

Oak Grove has MESCLUN -- their tiny tasty mix. D'Attolico has new kale and SORREL. Paffenroth has onion chives and Mountain Sweet Berry has their special frozen beans. Northshire has fresh dandelion greens and Stokes has beautiful herb plants as well as flowering plants and cut rosemary and thyme. Cato is here with tasty cheeses and Norwich has wintered over baby carrots. Miglorelli has sweet wintered over parsnips. Anna has gorgeous tulips.

Friday, March 26, 2010

As she promised, Nevia of Bodhitree Farm has pea shoots! She also has delicious salad and braising greens and bok choi. Oh, and pullet eggs. The ostrich stand has fresh emu and ostrich eggs as well as empty shells for decoration. Tamarack is here with pork cuts and free range chickens. Flying Pig has fried pork rinds, pork rillettes, and lard pie crust in addition to their sausages and pork cuts. DiPaolo is here with various turkey items. Pura Vida has several varieties of fish.Tello has blue and green shelled eggs.

Norwich has root vegetables, bok choi, and scallions, in addition to pickles and other jarred vegetables. Two Guys have salad greens and herbs. Madura has several kinds of mushroom. Tremblay is here with their excellent honeys and Deep Mountain Maple Syrup has their wonderful 2010 new supply of grade Fancy. Beth's Jam has strawberry rhubarb, raspberry, peach, currant, and other jams and jellies, as well as great chutneys and pickled vegetables. The wheat grass truck is here, too, with sprouts and cat grass.

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

The biggest news in today's Greenmarket is the sweet wintered over parsnip to be found at Miglorelli's stand. The newest tasty item is the gorgeous whole wheat bread that Cayuga brought in today along with their excellent flours, grains (including their newest flour -- all purpose), and beans. One of the restaurant buyers reminded me that Rick Bishop said there will be ramps on March 31, but as for now, we will be happy to settle for Windfall's tasty greenhouse greens, Madura's mushrooms and greens, and Oak Grove's great herb plants and windowsill herb gardens.

I'm having a slice of Cayuga's bread with Ronnybrook's sweet butter as I write. Delicious!

I've been missing the good canvas bags they used to sell in the Greenmarket and just found out today that I can get one from Greenmarket's online store. For those of you who used to use and like them, here's the url:

Monday, March 22, 2010

Anna has beautiful tulips today -- cheered me up, which I needed after walking around in this dreary morning. Loni has greenhouse greens and there are several orchards, including Red Jacket. I must say it is possible to be too early and I really was today. There will be other stands with fruit, potatoes, and other vegetables, but it's still Winter today -- except for the tulips!!

Saturday, March 20, 2010

STOKES IS BACK!! It's their 35th year in the market and they're here with fragrant potted rosemary, potted herb plants, cut rosemary and thyme, and beautiful pansy sets.

Van Houten is also here with beautiful flower sets and Oak Grove has gorgeous herb plants and windowsill herb gardens. Scatuck Fish and Shellfish is here for the first Saturday with clams, razor clams, mussels, softshell crabs, oysters, and a wide variety of fresh fish. Norwich has fresh spinach and kale along with root vegetables and eggs.

It's the LAST DAY for Three Corner Field Farm until the first week in May, so get your tasty lamb and yogurt while you can! Anna of Newfield Farm is here with glorious cut tulips!

Rick of Mountain Sweet Berry says that he may have RAMPS on Wednesday, March 31!!!

Locust Grove has flowering willow and cherry branches. Flying Pig has pork products, eggs, and chickens. Northshire has wintered over sucrine lettuce, Japanese bunching onions, quail eggs, and radishes, as well as honey. Violet Hill has their many colored variety of eggs as well as sausages, bacon, and belle rouge chickens. Quattro's is here with small and large chickens, ducks, and other poultry, sausages, and eggs.

Friday, March 19, 2010

River Garden has beautiful willow branches and dried flower arrangements. Oak Grove has herbs, baked goods, pork, and popcorn, and will have their delicious tiny mesclun tomorrow. The lavender people have edible lavender as well as scents and Two Guys From Woodbridge have lettuces, micro mix, mesclun, and herbs. Pura Vida has good looking fish and shellfish. Nevia of Bodhitree Farm has hot curly cress, two kinds of arugula, salad and other greens and eggs and will have pea shoots next week.

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Ted Blew of Oak Grove has a wide selection of large and small potted herbs today. He says he may have his excellent tiny mesclun in the market on Saturday! There's definitely a feeling of Spring in the market, although the only new items (at 8:30 A.M., at least) were beautiful Spring flowers. You can still get lamb from Three Corner Field Farm before she stops for a while during lambing season.Windfall Farm has greenhouse greens.

Locust Grove, Breezy Hill, and other orchards are here today. I'm having Breezy Hill's apple raspberry crisp for breakfast right now! Beth's Jam is here with St.Patrick's Day gift ideas and Ronnybrook has ice cream.

Monday, March 15, 2010

I wasn't going to go to the Greenmarket at all today, but it is a good thing I changed my mind! In addition to Consider Bardwell Farm's excellent variety of cheeses, we now have Hudson Valley Duck's tasty salami, smoked duck breast, duck confit, and proscutto! Race is here with pastries and Anna of Newfield Farm has her gorgeous tulips (also here on Saturday). Loni's Farm, the other half of what was Yuno's Farm, is here with a wide selection of greens. Tello is here with excellent eggs and Red Jacket has fruit flavored ciders.

Saturday, March 13, 2010

Anna of Newfield Farm is back!! She's got beautiful parrot and other tulips and will be here on Saturday for the season!! It was worth getting shoved around by the wind to find her there and to pick up her lovely flowers.

It really is pretty rough out there, but Quattro's was there with my chicken order and Ronnybrook had the garlic butter I need for my roast chicken, so I was glad to be able to pick up the things I needed. I also got some of Milk Thistle's low fat milk and got carrots and turnips for my stock from Paffenroth. Miglorelli and Breezy Hill are here with apples and Three Corner Field Farm has lamb and yogurt. There are plenty of root vegetables to be had and D'Attolico is here with greens and sprouts. Windfall has microgreens and other vegetables as well.

Friday, March 12, 2010

Nevia's Back!!! She has her own farm, Bodhitree Farm, and will be here onFridays with the wonderful vegetables, eggs, and other goodies that we havecome to love. She's here today with delicious greenhouse greens.

For those of you who like to stray from the regular track, the Ostrich farmis here for its second week. They have eggs, meat, and feathers!

Some farmers who are here on Fridays and Saturdays say they may not be heretomorrow because of the strong winds and rain that are expected. Judging fromwhat was going on today, I may not be there either!

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Another beautiful day! I ran into one of the chefs who still come to the market despite the season, picking up microgreens from Windfall, and we commiserated on the winter slump and our hopes for the appearance of ramps, fiddleheads, reasonable morels, asparagus, and rhubarb, all of which won't be showing up for a while. We talked about Three Corner Field Farm's lamb and the fact that they won't be here much longer -- back in May! I bought some Bridgid's Abbey from Cato (this is its best time of year, by the way), and talked about Anthony Bourdain's visit to their farm, which aired recently.

Cayuga is here with beans and grains and Locust Grove, Breezy Hill, and Terhune, among other orchards, have apples and cider. Ronnybrook has milks, drinkable yogurts, and butters, and Madura is here with mushrooms. Red Jacket has various fruit flavored ciders. Beth's Jams, Our Daily Bread, Knoll Krest, and other stands are also here.

Saturday, March 6, 2010

It's finally a beautiful day for the Greenmarket! Quattro's is here with great poultry and smoked poultry. Violet Hill has excellent bacon, sausages, and their wonderful Belle Rouge chickens. Flying Pig has pork and poultry and Three Corner Field Farm has lamb cuts, yogurt, and cheeses, as well as wool and soap. (She'll be gone for lambing in a couple of weeks, so carpe diem!)

D'Attolico is here with crisp and tasty greens and sprouts, Windfall has various turnips and greenhouse greens, Norwich has a few greens along with their root vegetables, and Paffenroth and Mountain Sweet Berry have great potatoes.

Ronnybrook and Milk Thistle have milk and cream and Ronnybrook has yogurt, butters, and cheeses. Beth's Jam still has some of their seasonal marmalades as well as their excellent jams and chutneys. Cato is here with cheeses and Shushan has greens and tomatoes. Norwich has jars of vegetables.

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

It's kind of miserable out there, but Flora Perfecta has beautiful lilies, Shushan has cherry tomatoes and other hydroponic tomatoes and greens, and Tamarack is here with pork products and poultry. Windfall Farm has greens and Cayuga is here with beans and grains. There are a few orchards here and Ronnybrook has milks, yogurts, and cheeses.

Monday, July 25, 2011

Monday, July 25, 2011

Saturday, July 23, 2011

Saturday, July 23, 2011

Saturday, July 23, 2011

Saturday, July 23, 2011

Mountain Sweet Berry's Strawberries

Saturday, July 23, 2011

Violet Hill's Mushrooms

Saturday, July 23, 2011

Oak Grove's Eggplants

How I'm dealing with the heat, thanks to the Greenmarket.

Just finished two ears of Sycamore's sweet corn with Ronnybrook's sweet butter. I'm about to have Berried Treasures and Norwich Meadows raspberries and Samascott blueberries with Hammond's peach yogurt. Dinner will be a sort of Nicoise salad with Eckerton and Norwich's heirloom tomatoes, Muddy River's potato and lettuce, Stokes Farm's purple string beans, and Italian canned tuna with hardboiled Quattro's egg.Staying cool is the goal!

Friday, July 22, 2011

Chef teaching someone how to pick an heirloom tomato!

Saturday, July 16, 2011

Windfall's Beautiful Edible Flowers

Saturday, July 16, 2011

Norwich Meadows Yellow Romano Beans

Saturday, July 16, 2011

Fantasy Fruit's Black Currants and Gooseberries

Saturday, July 16, 2011

Eckerton's Wineberries

Saturday, July 16, 2011

Red Jacket's Sweet Cherries

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Paffenroth's Baby Fennel

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Stokes Farm Garlic

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Sycamore's String Beans

Monday, July 4, 2011

Norwich Meadows Baby Squashes

Saturday, July 2, 2011

Violet Hill's Chanterelles

Saturday, July 2, 2011

Oak Grove Has PEACHES!!!

Saturday, July 2, 2011

Locust Grove's Raspberries

Saturday, July 2, 2011

Beth's Wild Blueberry Jam

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Cherry Lane's Greenhouse Heirloom Tomatoes

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Eckerton's Zucchini Blossoms

Saturday, June 18, 2011

Eckerton's Organic Produce

Saturday, May 21, 2011

Stokes Flowering Plants

Friday, May 20, 2011

Bodhitree's Green and Purple Asparagus

Friday, May 20, 2011

Berried Treasure's Fiddleheads

Friday, May 20, 2011

River Garden's Lilacs

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Cherry Lane's Strawberries

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Bodhitree's Lettuces

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Berried Treasures Ramps and Rhubarb

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Rose Meadow's Anemones

Saturday, May 14, 2011

Tim Stark of Eckerton with Modesto, selling radishes!

Saturday, May 14,2011

Lani's Greens

Friday, May 13, 2011

Van Houten's Beatuful Plants

Friday, May 13, 2011

Samascott's Rhubarb

Friday, May 13, 2011

Muddy River's Red Cippolini

Saturday, May 14, 2011

Oak Grove Tomato Plants

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Cherry Lane's Tomatoes

Friday, May 13,2011

Bodhitree's Tomatoes

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Miglorelli's Radishes

Saturday, May 7, 2011

Locust Grove's Mixed Lilacs

Saturday, May 7, 2011

Gorzynsky's Fiddlehead Ferns

Saturday, May 7, 2011

Mountain Sweet Berry's Wild Baby Arugula and Pea Shoots

Saturday, May 7, 2011

Norwich Meadow Farm's Salad Mix

Saturday, May 7, 2011

Quattro's Capon

Friday, May 6, 2011

Muddy River's Green Spring Garlic

Friday, May 6, 2011

Samascott's rhubarb

Berried Treasures has FIDDLEHEADS!!!!

Friday, May 6, 2011

The last of Dutchmill's Friday tulips!

Friday, May 6, 2011

Saturday, April 30, 2011

Durr's Lilacs

Saturday, April 30, 2011

Binder's Flowering Branches

Saturday, April 30, 2011

Rose Meadow's Roses

Saturday, April 30, 2011

Violet Hill's Mushrooms

Saturday, April 30, 2011

S&SO's Tomato Sauce

Saturday, April 30, 2011

Hoeffner's Rhubarb

Friday, April 29, 2011

Dancing Ewe's Cheeses

Friday, April 29, 2011

Bodhitree's Greenhouse Heirloom Tomatoes

Friday, April 29, 2011

Muddy River's Cippolini

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Cherry Lane's Spinach

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Madura's Wild Arugula

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Oak Grove's Heirloom Tomato Plant Selection

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Two Guy's Hydroponic Lettuces

Saturday, April 23, 2011

Stokes Flowering Plants

Saturday, April 23, 2011

Durr's Asparagus

Saturday, April 23, 2011

Village Shepherd Cheeses -- The Gnocchi are great!!

Saturday, April 23, 2011

Cayuga's Breads and Flours

Saturday, April 23, 2011

PE&DD COOKED LOBSTERS

Friday, April 22, 2011

Bodhitree's Asparagus

Friday, April 22, 2011

Miglorelli's Tomato Sauces

Friday, April 22, 2011

Queens County Farm Museum Salad Greens

Friday, April 22, 2011

Madura's Mushrooms

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Hot Kitchen's Breads and Crackers

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Berried Treasures Ramps and Sunchokes

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Silva Orchids

Monday, April 18, 2011

Scarborough's Bonsai and Herbs

Monday, April 18, 2011

Lani's Vegetables

Saturday, April 16, 2011

Ronnybrook's Promotion

Saturday, April 16, 2011

Silver Heights Pak Choy sets

Saturday, April 16, 2011

Quattro's Pheasant Eggs

THEY'RE HERE!!

Mountain Sweet Berry's Ramps

Saturday, April 16, 2011

Violet Hill's Belle Rouge Chickens

Friday, April 15, 2011

Dutchmill Tulips

Friday, April 15, 2011

Dancing Ewe's Merguez and Ricotta

Friday, April 15, 2011

John Fazio's Delicious Looking Meat Rabbit

Friday, April 15, 2011

Miglorelli's leeks

Friday, April 15, 2011

Queens Farm Honey

Friday, April 15, 2011

Oak Grove Nasturtiums and popping corn

Friday, April 15, 2011

Muddy River's Broccoli Raab and Greens

Friday, April 15, 2011

Cayuga's Emmer (FARRO)

Saturday, April 9, 2011

Cato Corner Cheeses

Saturday, April 9, 2011

Gorzynsky's Sorrel

Saturday, April 9, 2011

RAMPS!!! Mountain Sweet Berry

Saturday, April 9, 2011

Norwich Meadow Farm Spinach

Saturday, April 9, 2011

Durr's Daffodils

Saturday, April 9, 2011

Beth's Jams

Friday, April 8, 2011

Divine Brine's Beet "caviar"

Friday, April 8, 2011

John Fazio's Chickens and Chicken Parts

Friday, April 8, 2011

Dancing Ewe's Cheese

Friday, April 8, 2011

Cayuga's Whole Wheat and Ale Breads

Friday, April 8, 2011

Ostrich Farm Offerings

Monday, April 4, 2011

Scarborough Fields Herbs and Bonsai

Monday, April 4, 2011

Hudson Valley Duck Farm Duck

Monday, April 4, 2011

Lani's Young Lettuces

Saturday, April 2, 2011

Gandhi In Spring

Saturday, April 2, 2011

Binder's Salad Sets

Saturday, April 2, 2011

Hodgson's Potted Flowering Plants

Saturday, April 2, 2011

Modesto Surveying La Ratte Potatoes

Friday, April 1, 2011

Dancing Ewe's Cheeses

Friday, April 1, 2011

John Fazio's Chickens

Friday, April 1, 2011

Pura Vida's Oysters and Clams

Friday, April 1, 2011

Bobolink's Bread Ingredients

Friday, April 1, 2011

Queens County Farm Museum's Spinach

Monday, March 28, 2011

Phillips Peach Blossoms

Monday, March 28, 2011

Lani's Mache

Monday, March 28, 2011

Consider Bardwell's Goat Meat Sale

Monday, March 28, 2011

PE&DD's Offerings

Saturday, March 26, 2011

Deep Mountain 2011

Saturday, March 26, 2011, Monday, March 28

P.E. & D.D. Lobsters

Saturday, March 26, 2011

Hawthorne Valley Spinach

Saturday, March 26, 2011

Oak Grove's Dried Hot Peppers

Saturday, March 26, 2011

Quattro's Venizon Chops

Greenmarket, Friday, March 25, 2011

John Fazio's Rabbit

Greenmarket, March 25, 2011

Nature's Healing Farm Daffodils

Greenmarket, March 25, 2011

Muddy River Wild Arugula

Greenmarket, March 25, 2011

Deep Mountain's 2011 Maple Syrup

Friday, March 25, 2011

Bobolink Dairy's Cheeses

Greenmarket,Friday, March 25, 2011

Cayuga's Ale Bread

Greenmarket, Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Tamarack's Eggs

Greenmarket, Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Bodhitree's Baby Greens and Tomatoes

Greenmarket, Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Three Corner Field Farm's Excellent Soaps

Saturday, March 19, 2011

Dutchmill's Daffodils

Saturday, March 19, 2011

D'Attolico's Greens

Saturday, March 19, 2011

Van Houten's Pansies

Saturday, March 19, 2011

James Durr's Magnolia Branches

Greenmarket Friday, March 11, 2011

Queens County's Spinach

Friday, March 11, 2011

Bodhitree Shishito Peppers

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Micro-mesclune and Edible Nasturtiums at Windfall

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Two Kinds of Pussy Willow at River Garden

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Rose People's Salmon Colored Roses

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Shushan's Basil and Tomatoes

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Madura Mushrooms

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Miglorelli Pears

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Bodhitree Greens

Saturday, March 5, 2011

D'Attolico's Greens

Saturday, March 5, 2011

Yearnig For Summer Tomatoes? Try This!

Greenmarket Saturday, March 5, 2011

I'm going to try Miglorelli's frozen corn today!

Saturday, March 5, 2011

Hudson Valley Duck Farm's Delicious Rillettes

Saturday, March 5, 2011

The Rose Farm Also Has Anemones!

Saturday, March 5, 2011

Oak Grove's Herbs are here and their tiny mesclun will be coming in about two weeks.